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T ' i--";!- i]::!i;.i'l\- I'lui ('li;\'uTHTi;iin-<j,-.)Vi-'nio(i 
" Rr.ij:l;n.l w'Al Icarii nny la^-tin;^ h-sou Ir.-'i; 
■!,. il;sa-!r..u;- iailiir;' <<\ i^iiilrr'^ si-mi;,! alD^jn;,'^ 
J,, ,.;-,,ss 111" Miiu liistniir 'i"i).^x'la ia Cnrtlifraii'-.j 
; !■ Ill- ii.^vci- Mitiicicnlly to be aMiorvul .lr-.iLCii "i 
a c'iitjiK' 'il' soiiK' 111' till- most iii'Maa:|inlMas, ai . 
I.itidiis, a.i.l hrarllf^s M-Min..!iTls iliat lana- .•\ a 
^K-ca juaaiiilUMJ 1(^ in i i-ii.l lua- i'rrsh \i;'\svyy iafi-a^-i 
ai:iir1ail w.nld \>y liaar sal;!--!' iiuicliiiiatiMia^"-- a iia 
JcNiuai 111 ^ai/.c by iaaaa- .-i alias ila;sa allariia^' 
i.iissassi.aa; •;! a ailiali r<>vwr<[ laaiplc ihat aaa'a 
than a c-ailary i.f liiv laa-t 1ia!.-,a-;U)( injus'.ia. 
auJ v.aaatoa lia^-ljarify avar siiawii liy man t.'- 
uanj liis wcakar IViluw. lai-^ rep'Mtadly \>\:\rrti ia 

■<ia-ious jiMii.anly. 

S,, rar, ih.' fri.u'lntal loss of lii'a al Sa^-a, 
•K.a- has a.a abalail Kairlaial's iai'aiaar- vaa, 
,,:i;>|M. \\'la' will nlliiia;t:a\ -nr.-.'i-r, in \,ia- 

.aa.^ ,1k' iitaaic rna!asl n.r.v ia;l jas; la-triniiiau 'r^ 

Tha JS.iars, iM-ycaai -!-aaa;. i T iatanial dissc a 
A>^^v< and saliish a.ai^aUaai i.ais d,. a, a aUi.aalaU 
■ aaaa Haaii a ia-i'Nr,a a^ ak.aaa 



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[RELUDE. 

tbc L)o!t3 ot bcav'ii IL'o" bills bavc Uv.'k 

fin Bfric's forceful etorms, 
Swarf 1)3 contrast lUlitb IBlai's fell blast 
JTbat IHature's face 5eforms. 

/^\ uaililaiiilj.-i's nij^-nvd iMiiycs liciivf tlieir inas^;i\i' Ixjiildi'vs hij^h 
«^ I.ila' licavoii-as^niliny 'J'v|ili()ns — thi'eafeiiiiig the starless sky^ 
l']naniiori'(l l;i iiiisl-iiiaiitli' lluisc stei'ii stoiK' ijiaiits stand, 

\\'liilc ikal'ciiint;- ilriiins of tliiiiuU'r roll iwt'illi'S o\t tiio hlitd 
As iiasl'iuni;- cloud-hosts marsliall, dark on Nature's airy plain. 

To s])eeil on wild-wind coursers in the vollevintf of rain, 
AVhere the Storm Kinc- weirdly battling in the Idaek death of ni,cj;ht* 

Downhurls I'roni krant/ 1<i ravine (|uiv"rini;' i^aveliuis id' light. 
IJut loudci- llian the tliutaU'r of an elemental war 

SliiiU echo "mid yon mountains the eannouV aiie^onie roar — 
Mora deathly than its lightnings shall Hash the ui^otoor shell 

\Vhen Man's |,direnetic ]:assi<ins unto deinon-t'uiv swell 
The bo:iL-li-ki>;^'s dwarf niimosis — deusi', liardv, thick-set trees — 

Slia'l bend before a nu'tal blast as ne'er before the breeze ; 
The gay green suuey sun-bird Hoe from its sylvan bower, 

As eltiii shrielM the lyddite siiell and beats the shraptiel shower; 
For rains of lend" afid iron rliall wide spread woe oftsoon, 

Ere Afrie's sultry sinriiner su!j hath nuu-ked the next daj^'s noo.n. 
Fur iiHiiKT-Si'.ratfe Ambition nic.miis its Juggernaulal ear, 

iViiJ cia;slies voti\e thousand:, on the purple path of 'War! 



'JBotb storm aiO mtot, •&33^\23 asais't 

®t 36uUcr'9 cbcrisbcD iiivtb : 
Hbat Srlon cialn'O ubcn bc'e obtafn'Ji 

Cbc kes to XaDganiitb! 

Dw'pH'iiliviH-lu'.l oil Tiilwiiyaiii.i — poisfil lii^li o'er Zwartkop's biisliy crests; 

Like keen, watchful, Laiinuergeyers, niianliiiu- tlieir iiiiperille<l nests, 
lliyli-eyritd tar, where Tugela, (hvarf-tree-maruiiiecl, sinuous roams. 

All their va^ue wings wide-outreachini;-, one just touchiny- Actoii lloliues, 
Pas(. C<)i,Exs(p"s rapiil cascade, wliieh, dark with arenaceous loam, 

('iuiru'd the best lilo6d of HartV lirigadi? to empuriilM orewsome foam; 
The few Farnier-liands of Uotiia, alert and armed against attack, 

Foiled BullerV front of conquest; held England's forty thousand hack; 
(Though merely seven thousand niaiiii'<l Natalia's citadels of stone). 

From where low-lying Ladysmitli's lieleagured tires dimly njione, 
.AjA White's faint thirteen thousand fought sickness, famine, and tlie foe 

On the heliograiihic ]iromise with which Mt. Alice's Lright 



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Ko\v shifts the mist-ciinid curtain, and mild Selene's spectral lune 

Soft iilnmines veldt and kopje; and clear, in stern sonorous tune 
Floats on, -solemn, through yon mid-air, the deep-ton'<l ])ious burgher-hymirs 

With a wondrous dejith of feeling hornco'er the ghostly mountain-rims. 
The JJritish camps out|)our a host of daring Scotch and Fusileers ; 

Like the marching ants of lluber each (oiling Jiigmy line appears, 
As, far vicAv'd, the clay-hued ibodies, issuing from the parent nest, 

.StKcaiii in rytlnnic order .oiMvard, bent on enslaving battie-fpiest; 



»\ iiid'ina- inyi-i.-Kl-fiKilol u|i\v:lr(l~"niili' siinuiMliiit;' inl'Vf uhioiu 

iIii,Uv8c()l(,|,;-iulr,i.s va,i.;iU'-nu!liiUMl,(..| lliii^i' si.'rp, sc.i'iitirc', liiUs of <l(>oin; 
I'lircc (lays these foredooURMl (■(iliiiiins liad ' wi IjIWmI oii'lroni r'ul^'f t(i riiln'e, . 

'Seekiiiy-, witli siiccessl'iil ])iir)H)se. tlie niji'jjjed (I'-itaiice l<> al.ridli'f 
InteriHised lo l)ald-t(i|i|ied Simon —trowiniio- t^oal ol veih-d alla.ek — 

And, as tiu'V progressed loruanK'-slow e:;<di lliiiii lioer line drew liaeJ;' r 
So wit lid raws the Natal ]iytlioii,.|-eti-aclile in Iris- fisiiiL;- wfatlt: 

Till, wroiie-ht at last lolmxided effort, his coils^smToiiiKiitliose in his ]«alh. 
Now o\ei' till' open <>-laeis and' on, on, ui;i| i1r> iininntaiii-sl(')|ie — 

^^'i(h i-ain anil a litl'nl darkness enshro'i'i'diiiL;' the meiii as they u'i'olie — 
Clindis the Indian tile oi the KH^-lish, to' d:tLrt on thein foenieii sleeping; 

And away I like startled y)>nMjr-ihoks,ji;(H's the N'ryheid jiid-kel, leapinu'. 
As, toiieh'd hy the lash ofi tOrfi^r,. :Blow^■l they llee in ]iai.ic 1'ear 

\\'liile, tlironoh the yiehlijii;- walls of iniit.Jnirsts ronsini;- hayonet and cheer 
T.o I tln' infantry ot"* Kiii;'laiid IkAc won the ui'assy vn'sliTli side. 

And half-o"er a new\\lajnha ssfift iS Ws their khak'i-yelh.w tide; 
The \ieloi--sliont fii sontidiii^- fat- — e!ieeril\ trp' fi-onii S|ii-on West — 

The ISiilon's o-i-asp( >[ •'•The master key ""and trirtinu' tronhle seems ihoj-cst! 

3. 

©'crwavcs itS'bauctbtv! sbecn, 
"Sball Droop crc iniiibt= Berbroiies 2)a\i'c< luibt 

1In xc? Dctcfft, ^ \veelt^ 
A s])aee they nmnolest'-(l hold, the capturM faviiie-fifted kop, 

jViid lie 'mid the loii^- -vvii-y '^rass and honldei's i<( its sf oi'm-worn t(>|i — 
Tlien Dealli Ids falcdnl tiiimpel Mew, and Knin coneenti-atinL;- linird 

<'onsninine- o'enie lirenth njion thest' sateless pliind'revs < f the wcnld. 
"Kdake the hill I ■' fines Botha's voiet — instant each kindlinL;- liery woi-vl 

Kans patriot /eal to ijiieiichless lia:;u'— with ivicial ife, newly stiiTcd, 
The Vi-yheiil men eovet the van, to dash the iiigliv's disi^-raee away, 

And close hehind their ea^'er hand ]n-ess gi-inily foi-v.-ai'd in brave array 
I'rom lleidelhei-L;- and C'ai-oline, the stanchest trnediearts n-' the IJoer, 

A>»- l)litht> tj> seek the waitinn' foe as to love-tryst hies a wooer. 

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'riicir sirens \]:v l,i!s are cJiuuiijii'.u- Hot. in llic rcinl-liills scrffiiing- Miadc, 

Uliilc u\-y \\h- l.ju'iiiig spurs tluy cliiiili; t'.-illiiiu- ami vimwj: undistnay"'.!, 
PrrssiiiL: nil. Ml-, suiniiicjijccl by Di'iitli. iyinu- all limii and slill ainoDg 

'J'lic liinisinu l/cuddrrs scatterM wiik' whik' .Afa\iiii and Metl'iird ciTie siiiiy. 
Dim liiinis jiiaiiv a lili-lainp, (if, yields llie. first trtaK-li to tiiat (innisli 

Tlirciiioli the ceasek'ss inissiie stonii ol' iiietals that rend and crush ! 
DislanI .Moniit Alice's iiiiu-lity uuiis with r.seless etfd.vts fnnie and warm 

ImH I'xiei-s leap, up SpioN's steep, to tlie cry of '-Stornil bui-nhers, storm I ' 
AVIdk' liciches fiaine eacli fortress liill; from :dl tiie lieackMl l<ops, tliat rise 

'III Hind Simon's crown, wild-lire (ff death from Xordenfeldt and C'ruesot Hies 
Afl'riolitinu' snro-fs shot and shell — Destruction |)l()Ug-lis tlie quaking land ; 

As ISritain's warriors charge up slopes two arin'd heiglits loftily command; 
Till worn, confused, ami bnd^eii <lown— reeds smitten by a hurricane — 

IJy the shrill-pii-ing [Mauser breath, tliey tiy the goals they souglit to gain, 
These wearied, half-crazed Lancashires-- lowly they creep and writhe away 

Till again their helpless reinnant in the grim shambles crouch at bay ; 
Foi- (■adi drear, toif-deepened, furrow sunk on ungracious Simon's lirow 

AN'ith the life-tide of the bravest brims nigh a purple runlet now 1 
Tlie livelong <lav enforcing men iqiclamL'er, reckless, to tlieir graves 

'SVhercfire-seath'd^iirojectile-shred— defiant England's flag yet waves; 
Scots-Grevs — Kings-Kiiles scramble up (with numbers the reil stream swells ) 

Food for I'resli powder, ghastily lorn, in that horrid deat!i-/.one of shells. 

4. 

Cbc cuiininci lute, TLeft bv tbc 3Gocr, 

Che Englieb long will rue : 
Cbev; bcap cacb trencb as M? tbc Jfrcncb 

a:be flclO of Waterloo! 

'Tis afternoon, and (lut'tring white proclaims from ,a near wesl trcm-h, 
Lancashire's courage wanes at last— well might stoic Indians bleiicli I 

Crouch'd, availless against a foe, in the blood-brook of that rock-clei't: 
Comrades bodies up-piled about; thunderbolt stricken, riv'n and rcit; 

The bursting shells dim gliostly green, lighting each ten.<e lace eerily 
As gory rise tlie khakiLd groups, powder-wreatli'd, swaying v.eanly,; 



I''<iilii tlicy sU-ji, :is out o^,' a toJiili; \v^-;i]i<>i;s i;'iv,v:ic';v.-!, I'lr r:;;sL.vl -a'dl't 

'I'll fliL' IJoor van wliiise 1i:-i' coas-d. 'rhiiailiTr'l a \illain, Tlninieycroft 
Eiio-iislr Icaik'r since AVoodL^atc's fall, '•To lu'II witli siirrcMi(k'r, nien;" 

Tlu'n i-oaivd above the liattle-din : " Fire 1 " And t'onlesl of traitors tluii 
Of idl that IJi-itisli hirtli liave known, a volley meets the victor foe, 

l>liL;'htii!_i;- the Llossoins of yood intent, — laying- a few lirave martyrs low. 
J3nt the IJoers now liiv, aiinini;- well, a}id 'jieath a cyclone-Mast of ball 

Laneashire [liles the rubied rocdis with bodies and arms as they fall ! 
T):\y lono-, till dusk from tlowiiiL;- re<l banisiied t!ie sickening;' hue away, 

IJidlet a.n<l shell searched ([uick and dead, as toii'etlier tli'^y jumbled lay; 
'J'he s])linter"d rock in fra^^-ments Hew md danced in tlic steely hail 

j'lnd 1 addy (Inst, like I.ismore's snow, o'erdrifted from the ]iowder-L;a!e 
On twisted limbs and hideous heads and forndess flesh — apallin^ sight 1 

And corses twii'ed in yhastly knots as thoi'uh fierce fratricidal tieht 
ira<l raii'ed n]ion the reekinuf rocks and ev'rv Holder attribute 

'i'hat o'er the brute-tribe lifts mankind, fled e'en the foian in war's dispute 
Tlu'n Discijiline foi-sook the ranks — pale Terror laded au!4-nientinL;' rout, 

'i'ill but IVom Knunvama's shaile sonu' Kun'lish anxiously ]ieei''d out 
A\'hen NiLvhl's rclielfnl death-pall fell on that affriifli tiuji' niountain scene, 

-Viid the worn iSritish i-i-innant hied unto the wlute ,ents of the <]ueeii, 
""J'heir twice deleated eliiid' to tell, the drear and most rLUweJcome tale 

Of a AFajuba yet more ui'im, t,) l\ii-n all blatant Knyland pale. 
And Louis Uorii.v slowly i-ode up Spiou's slopiui;- i'ui'ther side', 

jVlternate passions rife within, while sjied that silent starlight ride. 
And sail sur\cy"d the bloociest Held mavhap senescent Time hath seen 

iSiiice ^VellinL;■ton. at AN'aterhu], wept o'er a corpse-heai)ed battle-green ; 
Yet throbb'd his^eins with i-ighteous joy, foi- thy stark mountain's tissued top 

I'oiUX'd forth that hireling blood to Death, for Free.loiu's Trium])li — 
Spion Kop ! 



UalcflcttOTi. 

'=To yt- ! consistent, galbuit, fev.', 

Wlio ivar the staii.lunl of tl.o Fi'ec 
«Ou rugged Xatal's lofty liills 

In holy zeal for Lilievty ; 
Fronting the freel)orn, honest, breast 

■To tlie red bayonets of slaves ; 
To ,ye, all patriots look tochiy I 

AVliat thougli your meed be v.aniekss graves' 
HVho falls, in Freedom's sacred strife, 

.Beating dark-br<iw"d Ojipression down, 
llim shall Tradition cherish lung — 

IIi)n -shall the martyr's radii) ut-cro-n'ii 
E-xalt and glolify o'er 'kings 

At\A wJii'lxini conqnerers of Earth ; 
Thougli i.ninfonn'd his i;oble niiuu — 

I'ase and obscur'd liis liinnble birth! 
liFor such I pen the praiseful strain, 

AikI raise the stirring battle-song ; 
■\£>h ! may in i*very F'reeman's heart 

It8 chord, ri.'Sponsive, eoho lou^g.! 

THE END. 



Partial iPvoorcse?' 

„: f. .. .■ , u.- ij. -..indoubtadU fraujiht 
--'■sir. much future beriefit ta miink'in.d. 

3i-t v.-hon wc refiect that tFierc i-- t\o 
-'.z\y opeii to fn;ure the resort of i: [un^ 
•jrfu! nstion. bent en irsju3t;ce, to r,i5 ann 
cabSc arbitration ; save by an cxtrtM;ie!3' 
iniprobabie war waged or threateried by 
a confederation of wesi-rcr cocintrie.' -Ihs 
fact ij; forced upon ks, that: 
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